Lesson Plan: Downwind Sailing
Instructor Lesson Plan Focus Skill
Downwind Sailing Class Factors
Students: Number, Age, Skill Level, Boat-Type Time: Duration of class
Two Hours 5-10 mph, with forecasted gusts to 12 mph
12 students, 10-14 years old, Intermediate, double-handed Goal(s) What do you hope to accomplish?
Students will be able to sail a downwind course to a destination or buoy by jibing from broad reach to broad reach at least three times with proper body positioning and sail trim.
Setup
• Whiteboard/Markers • Yarn
Chalk Talk: Weather: Air & Water Temp, Wind Speed, Forecast Land Drill:
• Rigged boat tied to dock with jib only
• Whiteboard/Markers • Clipboard, Coure Sheet • Protractor
Progression of Learning - Chalk Talk Purpose Value Statement: Explain why this focus skill will help connect to their sailing knowledge.
We will learn to jibe from a broad reach course on one tack to a broad reach course on the opposite tack to a destination down- wind efficiently, as well as practice proper body positioning and sail trim. By controlling our steering to complete each jibe on a broad reach course, we will be able to sail to our downwind destination more quickly and under control.
Prior Skill Knowledge: What skills you need to know before learning about this new skill (brief review)
Beginner Downwind Sailing, TellTales, Steer with Rudder, Bodyweight, and Sails Artful Questions (1-2) to engage youth and help them connect to their prior experiences
What makes a boat jibe unexpectedly? One of them you control, the other you can’t control. Does anyone know the fastest point of sail? Does your boat move faster or slower the more downwind it sails? Will going faster always get you to your down- wind destination more quickly?
Content: Introduction:
As a class, we have practiced our jibing in order to change direction and avoid collisions. Today we will practice jibing to sail a downwind course efficiently. By practicing to exit each jibe from a broad reach course to broad reach course, we will be able to sail downwind quickly and with the least amount of extra distance while in control! We will also learn how adjusting our centerboard up and down can help our speed.
Talking point with detail
• Broad Reach - Hold a broad reach course with correct sail trim and body position. • Broad Reach Jibes - Sail downwind jibing from broad reach to broad reach three times in a row.
• Blades - Adjust centerboard, daggerboard, or leeboard up and down. • Raising the centerboard will help the boat move faster on a downwind course with less lateral resistance under the boat!
• Your telltales will stream towards the bow. (Instructor should give each student a piece of yarn to visualize how the telltale will stream head to wind versus a run.)
• Accidental jibes can happen when practicing broad reach to broach reach jibes. Remember to look for the jib to collapse or lose shape because the mainsail is blocking it! Tis means you are on a run course and close to accidentally jibing! Crews should alert the skipper the jib is collapsing and the skipper should push the tiller to the boom and trim in the main to head up back to a broad reach.
Wind 20 minutes 15 minutes
Materials needed to teach each step in the progression of learning, prep before students arrive.
On Water: • Whistle
Check for Understanding: Ask questions that probe for understanding.
Instructor writes on the white board “Before I jibe, I know I am on a broad reach when:” and have students create a list of visual cues (think sail trim, telltales, degrees away the true wind angle, fixed point on land).
Instructor writes on the white board “Aſter I aſter I jibe, I know I am on a broad reach when:” and have students create a list of visual cues (think sail trim, telltales, degrees away the true wind angle, fixed point on land). Tese should be the same but repeated for clarity!
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